Download coordinates as: Point Lookout is a headland, small coastal town and locality on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
The area is mostly residential houses and tourist apartments built close to the beach and atop nearby ridges to take advantage of sweeping Pacific Ocean views.
[citation needed] There is no railway on the island, the nearest station being in Cleveland 19 miles (31 km) to the west.
[citation needed] Point Lookout has a warm humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot, wet summers and very mild, relatively dry winters.
[7] The point was sighted and named by James Cook on HMS Endeavour during his exploration of the east coast of Australia on 17 May 1770.
On 15 May 1994 Minister for Veterans Affairs, Con Sciacca, officially unveiled a memorial to the sinking of the Centaur on Cylinder Beach Headland.
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[19] There is a monument commemorating the Stradbroke Island Radar Site, which was part of Australia's air defence network during World War II.
[20] There is a monument commemorating the sinking of the AHS Centaur in Hopewell Street on Cylinder Beach Headland (27°25′29″S 153°32′07″E / 27.4247°S 153.5353°E / -27.4247; 153.5353 (A.H.S.